Sirnikot
{{Short description|Archaeological sit ein Pakistan}}
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Sirnikot ({{langx|ur|سرنی کوٹ}}, {{langx|sd|سرڻي ڪوٽ}}) is a Buddhist archaeological site situated along the left bank of the Indus River in Sindh, Pakistan.
Location
Sirnikot is located in deh Sadhoja, near New Jatoi town in Taluka Moro, Naushahro Feroze District of Sindh.{{Cite web|title=Stupa at risk of destruction in Kot Sirani|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/203679-stupa-at-risk-of-destruction-in-kot-sirani|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}
Construction
The construction of the Sirnikot Fort seems to be a continuation of late Bronze Age of Harappa architecture built with baked bricks and clay or mud adopted in later periods.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dPpwAAAAMAAJ&q=Sirni+kot&dq=Sirni+kot|title=Journal of Asian Civilisations|date=2002|publisher=Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations|language=en}} There is a stupa close to the fort, constructed from unbaked bricks. The stupa is on a mound and has a staircase leading to the top. Terracotta elephant faces, terracotta balls, and carved bricks with floral and leaf designs were found from here.{{Cite web|title=Buddhist Site at Sirni Kot|url=https://thebuddhistforum.com/buddhist-site-at-sirni-kot/|website=The Buddhist Forum|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19}} The height of the stupa is {{convert|70|ft|m}}. The walls of Sirnikot are {{convert|10|ft|m}} high and it is spread over an area of {{convert|5|acre|ha|spell=in}}. The Sirnikot site belongs to Buddhism which spread to Sindh during the empire of Ashoka the Great.{{Cite book|last=Stanton|first=Andrea L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GtCL2OYsH6wC&pg=RA3-PA86&dq=Buddhism+in+Sindh+during+the+empire+of+Ashoka#q=Buddhism%20in%20Sindh%20during%20the%20empire%20of%20Ashoka|title=Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa: An Encyclopedia|date=2012|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1-4129-8176-7|language=en}}